| Nibbles/Tuffy | |
|---|---|
| Tom and Jerry character | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Tuffy_mouse.jpg) Nibbles pats in delight after eating a whole turkey in The Little Orphan (1949). | |
| First appearance | The Milky Waif (1946) |
| Created by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Voiced by | Francoise Brun-Cottan (1952–1958) Lucille Bliss (1958) Lou Scheimer (1980) Frank Welker (1980) Nancy Cartwright (1993) Alan Marriott (2000–2002) Tara Strong (2002) Reece Thompson (2006) Chantal Strand (2007–2008) Kath Soucie (2010–present) Eri Tanaka (2022) |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | House mouse (Mus musculus) |
| Gender | Male |
| Relatives | Jerry (uncle/brother) Muscles Mouse (cousin) Merlin Mouse (cousin) Uncle Pecos (great uncle) |
| Nationality | American French (Mouseketeers trilogy) |
Nibbles (also known as Tuffy) is a fictional character from the Tom and Jerry cartoon series. He is the little, blue/gray, diaper-wearing orphan mouse whose cartoon debut came in the 1946 short The Milky Waif.[1] Tuffy was later featured in the 1949 Academy Award-winning short The Little Orphan,[2] as well as Two Little Indians and The Two Mouseketeers (both 1952).[3]
- ^ Barrier, Michael (2014). Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books. University of California Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0520283909.
- ^ Barrier, Michael (1999). "MGM, 1939-1952". Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198020790.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (1987). Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons (Revised ed.). Plume. p. 303. ISBN 0-452-25993-2.